Extra 1: Side Couple Warning!! Li Huanbin x Shen Xiao (1)
1.
Shen Xiao held his phone, his expression fluctuating between stormy and clear. Behind him, the door to the training room opened, and Qu Qingyue walked in gracefully. She wore her usual perfume, a very pleasant rose scent.
Seeing him, her steps paused for a moment before she broke into a smile. “Hmm… is it Big Brother Seamy?”
The smile Shen Xiao wore upon seeing his crush collapsed instantly at this intimate address.
Damn it.
He cursed inwardly and slammed his phone face down on the desk.
It all started yesterday.
Yesterday, Shen Xiao had taken advantage of a break in his livestream to eat some takeout. He chatted with the bullet comments while eating, a behavior he was already quite skilled at. Killing time was killing time, regardless of how you did it.
Just as he was eating happily and chatting merrily, a team-up request popped up.
It was from an Assault player named ‘Little Bear Marshmallow.’
Little Bear Marshmallow had a soft, sweet voice. She opened with “Big Brother Seamy,” begging him to carry her in ranked. Shen Xiao was a straight-as-steel man, and a straight man who liked pretty girls at that. Little Bear Marshmallow’s high-level ‘cutesy voice’ instantly bewitched him, and he agreed without hesitation.
He forgot, however, to check Little Bear Marshmallow’s account information.
He had to admit, Little Bear Marshmallow played Assault really well. Coordinating with her, Shen Xiao actually felt a smoother flow than when he played with Bai Chen. More importantly, they coordinated so well, and she was a girl with such a delicate, sweet voice… she must be an Omega.
Shen Xiao was horrified to discover that his long-held feelings for Qu Qingyue were actually wavering.
After the match ended, he scratched his nose and, feeling very embarrassed, asked for Little Bear Marshmallow’s contact info.
Little Bear Marshmallow paused for a moment, then let out a muffled laugh.
When she spoke again, the delicate, soft sweet girl had abruptly transformed into a deep, magnetic male god.
And this male god was none other than the captain of WOF, Li Huanbin.
Shen Xiao was so shocked he nearly threw his mouse.
The bullet comments were full of “hahahahaha,” but he had no time to look. He turned off the stream, threw away his manners, opened Line, found Secret, and unleashed a torrent of abuse.
Then, he blocked and deleted him, leaving the other party no room to retort.
He thought that would be the end of it, but unexpectedly, a recording of his stream from yesterday was edited by some busybody and uploaded to a video site. In just one night, it shot straight to the top of the trending list, breaking a million views.
The bullet comments inside were uniform, all gleefully repeating Little Bear Marshmallow’s words like “Big Brother Seamy carry me” and “Brother pick me up from spawn.” And in the video, he looked completely entranced by Li Huanbin’s act, not knowing what day it was. Wherever Li Huanbin pointed, he went, like a lapdog.
Yesterday, being in the middle of it, Shen Xiao hadn’t felt it so viscerally. Watching it again today as a bystander, he realized just how ridiculous he had looked.
Too fucking hateful!
Yu Guangzhou and Xie Wei walked into the training room at this moment. Shen Xiao suppressed his anger and began the day’s training.
During the lunch break, Xie Wei announced today’s scrim partner. As coincidence would have it, it was WOF.
Shen Xiao laughed in extreme anger, gritting his teeth. “Good, very good! Watch me blow his dog head off!”
Xie Wei noticed his rage and looked back at him somewhat strangely. Suddenly remembering something, he raised an eyebrow, the corners of his lips hooking up slightly. “Big Brother Seamy.”
Even Captain Xie knows!
Shen Xiao wanted to cry but had no tears. He turned his grief and indignation into anger, ready to kill gods and devils in the scrim… which was impossible.
He was truly furious, barely able to listen to Xie Wei’s commands. As soon as he saw Secret appear in his field of view, he would charge up with his gun without hesitation.
Li Huanbin probably realized this too. After being killed once, he intentionally led Shen Xiao around, kiting him like he was walking a dog.
In the end, the scrim between TWG and WOF, amidst a farcical atmosphere, was lost without any suspense.
In the replay meeting, Shen Xiao was also scolded by Yu Guangzhou without any suspense until he was drenched in dog blood.
Deceived emotionally, laughed at by everyone, losing the match, and getting scolded harshly—Shen Xiao felt like Mercury must be in retrograde.
No, that wasn’t right.
It was meeting Li Huanbin. Whenever he encountered anything related to Li Huanbin, he had bad luck.
It was all Li Huanbin’s fault.
That night, after showering, Shen Xiao lay in bed staring at the dark ceiling. Suddenly, another matter popped into his mind.
Not long after he entered the industry, relying on his fierce mechanics and excellent appearance, he had gained a batch of fans. Everything was just beginning.
At that time, Shen Xiao hadn’t fallen for Qu Qingyue yet. The one he liked was another Omega girl.
Many years had passed, and Shen Xiao had completely forgotten the girl’s name. The only thing he remembered was that on a clear, sunny day, the girl called him outside. With guilt in her eyes, she apologized to him, saying she had fallen for a top-tier Alpha.
Even looking across the whole country, top-tier Alphas were a rare species. Top-tier Alphas in the esports circle could be counted on one hand: TWG’s Xie Wei, FTK’s Propro, and WOF’s Li Huanbin.
Shen Xiao’s heart felt like it was being cut by a knife, but he forced a smile and asked with feigned casualness, “Oh? A top-tier Alpha, that’s really not surprising. Can I ask who it is?”
The girl nodded and, full of shyness, said a name.
Li Huanbin.
Shen Xiao engraved this name firmly in the bottom of his heart. On the surface, he remained composed, treating people as usual.
He also knew clearly that his crush falling for Li Huanbin had nothing to do with Li Huanbin himself. So even if he had resentment and jealousy in his heart, others shouldn’t have to bear it.
However, this current incident was undoubtedly a fuse, igniting all the emotions Shen Xiao had suppressed in his heart for so long.
He tossed and turned in bed, fuming for half the night unable to sleep.
When he finally fell asleep with great difficulty, he had a dream—a nightmare.
In the dream, he teamed up with Little Bear Marshmallow again. Only this time, Li Huanbin didn’t use that sickly sweet fake voice but used his normal tone.
The gentle male voice came through the headset, enveloping him like a shadow. In the dream, Shen Xiao didn’t even know to resist, foolishly letting Li Huanbin order him around. Finally, he clearly heard Li Huanbin call him “Big Brother” right by his ear.
Soft yet heavy, as if wrapped in some unspeakable desire.
Shen Xiao woke up instantly.
Outside the window, the sun was bright; it was already the next morning.
He sat on the bed, his chest heaving violently. The emotions from the dream still lingered, not having completely disappeared. Shen Xiao angrily punched the mattress.
Everyone thought he was that angry because he was tricked by Li Huanbin.
Only Shen Xiao knew clearly that at the time, he was truly bewitched. From mechanics to coordination, that seamless tacit understanding had intoxicated him. That sweet, soft voice had actually been secondary.
It could be called love at first sight.
So, he really couldn’t accept that the object of his love at first sight was actually Li Huanbin, who had “stolen” his crush.
That wasn’t some soft, sweet Omega; it was a top-tier Alpha even tougher than himself!
Falling for the same person as his crush…
Heh.
Shen Xiao laughed self-deprecatingly and shook his head, as if trying to shake out the fragments of the dream still remaining in his mind. He stood up and opened the curtains.
Anyway, he had already let go of that Omega girl. The person he liked now was Qu Qingyue.
That’s right, that day was just a momentary impulse driven by the atmosphere; it didn’t count at all.
It couldn’t count.
Unfortunately, perhaps the path of secret crushes was naturally unsuited for him. Not long after, a rookie Medic named Ice joined the team, and Qu Qingyue chose to transfer.
It wasn’t until the transfer news was announced and everyone knew that Shen Xiao truly received the news.
That night, he found Qu Qingyue. Looking at the beautiful Omega in front of him, he had a thousand words he wanted to say, but in the end, only one sentence squeezed out: “Why didn’t you tell me?”
Qu Qingyue looked at him blankly, her expression slowly turning into understanding.
She smiled and didn’t answer his question, only saying pointedly, “Shen Xiao, I’ve always thought of you as a younger brother.”
Pausing, she added, “And, I believe you’ve always thought of me as an older sister too.”
Shen Xiao’s nose soured. He didn’t catch Qu Qingyue’s meaning at all, only knowing that his secret crush had been seen through and tactfully rejected.
He turned and left in anger. Qu Qingyue watched his retreating back, a helpless smile appearing on her lips.
Those involved are confused while bystanders see clearly. Shen Xiao had no actual dating experience, so he didn’t understand that truly liking someone couldn’t be hidden. No matter how well you tucked it away, a small corner would show.
However, for such a long time, Shen Xiao had never shown a trace. The two had been alone together many times, and physical contact was countless, but aside from occasionally being startled, Shen Xiao’s eyes held none of the surprise and shyness of contact with someone one liked.
What Qu Qingyue just said was sincere.
Compared to romantic affection, she thought Shen Xiao liked her more like a brother likes a sister.
It was just that even so, she herself had been too dense.
Qu Qingyue sighed lightly and returned to her room.
In the match the next day, Shen Xiao fought with one breath, thinking this was Qu Qingyue’s last match in TWG. So he played with all his might, his concentration exceptionally focused, his condition unusually excellent.
After winning, he didn’t feel the usual happiness and excitement. He only felt a stifling air held in his heart, unable to rise or fall.
He picked up his phone, wanting to watch something to distract himself. Unexpectedly, just as he unlocked the screen, a brand new friend request popped up.
[Friend Request – Li Huanbin – Note: Hi, I’m Secret. This is my new Line. Please contact me on this account for future matters.]
“Who the hell would have matters to contact you for!”
His gloomy mood swept away, Shen Xiao was like a lit firecracker. He slammed the phone fiercely into his backpack. After a while, still not feeling relieved, he took the phone out again and forcefully tapped reject.
But he felt a bit strange inside.
He had already blocked Li Huanbin, and the two had never exchanged phone numbers. How did Li Huanbin find his Line ID?
On the other side, inside the WOF base, scrims had ended. Li Huanbin leaned leisurely in his seat, his posture lazy.
“Seamy rejected your friend request.”
The new notification appeared on the screen. Clearly a rejection, yet a smile unconsciously appeared on the man’s lips.
He rubbed the screen almost lovingly.
Footsteps passed by him. It was Jin, who had been called out and scolded for performing too poorly in the scrim.
Having been scolded harshly, Jin looked disheveled right now. Seeing Li Huanbin’s leisurely appearance, he felt both resentment and jealousy in his heart, and threw out a sour barb: “It’s so good to be captain. You don’t even have to attend the replay meeting.”
“What are you saying!” The Sniper beside them frowned. “The captain didn’t go because of his hand injury…”
“Enough.” Li Huanbin called a stop indifferently, sweeping a glance devoid of emotion over Jin. “Continue training.”
The Sniper shut his mouth indignantly. Jin hmphed coldly and returned to his seat.
Another new message appeared on the phone. The sender was the coach of the youth training camp.
No usable rookie Assaults entering the team this year either.
Li Huanbin exhaled, replied “Got it,” and before putting down the phone, thought for a moment, then sent another friend request to Shen Xiao.
The Sniper accidentally saw his screen while passing by, his expression a bit complicated. “…Captain, when did you change your Line account?”
“Didn’t change it.” Remembering the account still lying in Shen Xiao’s blacklist, Li Huanbin added, “Just to add someone.”
“Oh.”
Anyway, it was the captain’s private matter. The Sniper tactfully didn’t ask more.
Li Huanbin was prepared to be rejected again, but unexpectedly, his phone vibrated.
[Seamy accepted your friend request.]
He read that small line of text back and forth several times, unable to hold back a smile.
Seems life isn’t all bad things; occasionally good things happen too.
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